FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Doktor Faust Davide Livermore (director), Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Martin Piskorski, Marian Pop, Ćukasz Konieczny, Dominic Barberi, Dan [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Doktor Faust, which Busoni considered a personal creative drama and which occupied him for over twelve years, was left incomplete on his death at the age of 58. He had searched for a dramatic subject that he hoped would represent the apex and... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigals [Books 1 - 9] Delitiæ Musicæ, Marco Longhini [ Naxos / 15 CD Box Set - released 24/Jul/2020 ] The editions used in these recordings are the most authentic and uncut, and, in keeping with 17th-century practice, employ male voices only. Praised as 'compelling, simultaneously controlled and imaginative' (American Record Guide) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 3 / Rhapsody On A Theme of Paganini (2LP) Denis Matsuev (piano) / Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky LP / LP - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Pressed on heavyweight 180g vinyl, this new verison of Denis Matsuev's deubt Mariinsky Label album also includes his 2015 recording of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1, which was described as 'electrifying' by Classica. This beautiful double LP set... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies / Vocalise / Isle of the Dead / Symphonic Dances Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] "Slatkin is with Rachmaninov, all the way. He revels in the first movement's restless shifts, pitting the brute power of full ensemble against woodwind detail and soaring cellos." (William Dart NZ Herald on Symphony No. 3) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete) Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi [ Sony Classical / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2016 ] The recordings of Beethoven's nine symphonies collected together here for this 5 disc album - for which Paavo Järvi received the 2010 ECHO Klassik Conductor of the Year award - and the orchestra's live performances of the complete Beethoven symphony... |
BRUCKNER
Kent Nagano Conducts Classical Masterpieces 5 - Symphony No. 8 in C minor Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano [ Arthaus / DVD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] Exclusive 52 min documentary with Kent Nagano talking about Bruckner, then a complete performance of Symphony No. 8 in C minor. |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2 Diedre Irons (piano) Christchurch Symphony / Marc Taddei [ Trust / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] Diedre Irons was born in Winnipeg, Canada. A child prodigy, she made her first solo appearance with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at the age of twelve playing Schumann's Piano Concerto. |
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn [ Sony Classical / CD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise (recorded 1979) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / Alfred Brendel (piano) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 23/Jun/2011 ] In this recording made for the Sender Freies Berlin in January 1979, we see two of the leading musicians of their day in the prime of their lives and at the very peak of their art and experience appearing together in the service of Schubert's... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas & Chorales Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Choir of St. Hedwigs Cathedral Berlin, Karl Forster, with Jean-Pierre Rampal (flu [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] Original recordings from 1958, 1960 & 1973 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Gerald Moore (piano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] "This is the young Fischer-Dieskau, unfettered and open-hearted, the voice buoyant over that unmistakable rhythmic pulse." (The Times) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera) Dimitris Tiliakos, Vito Priante, Myrtò Papatanasiu, Kenneth Tarver, Karina Gauvin / MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "Do not expect a familiar 'warm bath' experience here; it offers an invigorating shower of fresh new insights" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2017 - Opera Winner |
Dinnerstein/Merritt
Night [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Mar/2013 ] |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Complete String Quartets Diogenes Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2016 ] This set presents the complete string quartets by Franz Schubert, including the completion of two unfinished movements, by Christian Starke. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Viola Concerto in A / Sinfonia concertante in E flat Diyang Mei (viola), Noah Bendix-Balgley (violin) / Berliner Barock Solisten [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Ever since violist Diyang Mei's brilliant success at the 2018 ARD International Music Competition, winning first prize in the viola category, the Audience Prize and several special prizes, he has been steadily furthering his international career. |
Dj Mclyntock
Classical Lounge:chamber [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] |
Dj Mclyntock
Classical Lounge:opera [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] |
Dj Mclyntock
Classical Lounge:voices [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] |
Dj Mclyntock
Classical Loung:piano [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] |
Dj Mclyntock
Classical Loung:symphonic [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] |